Congenital-heart-defect Definition

Congenital-heart-defect Sentence Examples

• Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is a congenital heart defect that develops in the fetus.

• However, there is no congenital heart defect present and there are multiple contractures with overriding fingers observed with this syndrome.

• Like pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis is a congenital heart defect in which a malformation impedes the flow of blood through the heart.

• Transposition of the great arteries (or vessels) A congenital heart defect in which the two arteries emerging from the heart are switched.

• Patent foramen ovale (PFO)-A congenital heart defect characterized by an open flap that remains between the two upper chambers of the heart (the left and right atria).